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Foxemydina

Reptilia - Testudines

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Foxemydina Gaffney et al. p. 61
2012Polysternon isonae Marmi et al. p. 135
2012Foxemydina Rabi et al. p. 663
2013Foxemydina Pérez-García et al.
2018Foxemydina Pérez-García and Ortega
2021Foxemydina Pérez-García et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderPleurodira
superfamilyPelomedusoidesBroin 1988
—Bothremydidae(Baur 1891)
tribeBothremydini
subtribeFoxemydina
subtribeFoxemydina

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subtr. †Foxemydina Gaffney et al. 2006
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G. †Foxemys Tong et al. 1998
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†Foxemys mechinorum Tong et al. 1998
†Foxemys trabanti Rabi et al. 2012
G. †Iberoccitanemys Pérez-García et al. 2012
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†Iberoccitanemys atlanticum Lapparent de Broin and Murelaga 1996
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Invalid names: Elochelys convenarum Laurent et al. 2002 [synonym]
G. †Polysternon Portis 1882
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†Polysternon provinciale Matheron 1869
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Invalid names: Elochelys major Nopsca 1931 [synonym]
G. †Tartaruscola Pérez-García 2016
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†Tartaruscola teodorii Pérez-García 2016
Invalid names: Polysternon isonae Marmi et al. 2012 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. S. Gaffney et al. 2006Members of the tribe Bothremydini with the following characters contrasting with Bothremydina: maxilla-quadrate contact absent; triturating surface without maxillary pits (also in Chedighaii); dentary pits absent; jugal not exposed on triturating surface (also in Chedighaii); stapes not contained in bony canal; fossa pterygoidea deep and narrow; foramen jugulare posterius only partially closed; basisphenoid ventral outline pentagonal; pectoral scales extending onto epiplastron.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatersubo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: omnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparoussubo
Created: 2005-08-26 14:50:50
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:50:50
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Uetz 2005

Age range: base of the Santonian to the top of the Ypresian or 86.30000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections (36 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Hungary (Veszprém) Testudines indet. (48722)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Spain (Vasco-Cantabrica) Polysternon sp. (208188 208189)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Elochelys major (114968) Pleurosternon provinciale (114967) Polysternon sp. (220117)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6France Polysternon provinciale (83309)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Polysternon provinciale (47782)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Foxemys mechinorum (89990) Podocnemidae indet. (28454) Testudinata indet. (220134)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Spain (Castilla y Leon) Iberoccitanemys convenarum (48861 193947) Polysternon atlanticum (28406 37199)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Polysternon sp. (48849)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Polysternon sp. (74660)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Bothremydidae indet. (48870) Foxemys mechinorum (59887) Pelomedusidae indet. (59686) Polysternon provinciale (88584)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Spain (Castilla-La Mancha) Foxemydina indet., Bothremydidae indet. (91781) Iberoccitanemys convenarum (128273)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Spain (Valencia) Polysternon sp. (53918)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Polysternon provinciale (51692)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Polysternon sp. (47893)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Spain (Cataluña) Polysternon isonae (132488)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Testudines indet. (48850)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Spain (Burgos) Polysternon atlanticum (176782)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0France (Haute-Garonne) Foxemys sp. (148954) Foxemys sp., Elochelys sp. (67196)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Spain (Aragón) Polysternon sp. (45437 45438 45439 45440)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Aude) Foxemydina indet., Tartaruscola teodorii (78236)